Palm Beach, say hello to your new neighbor â€” shock jock Howard Stern!
While Stern told brokers he didnâ€™t want to buy in Palm Beach when he and wife Beth Ostrosky started looking for South Florida real estate in March, sources tell me the hairy celebrity had a change of heart and found his dream house on the most expensive stretch of the Town of Palm Beachâ€™s north side.
Only itâ€™s going to cost him a lot more than the $20 million-cribs he looked at in Jupiter and Palm Beach Gardens!
Stern, Iâ€™m told, has a contract on 601 North County Road â€” an oceanfront house that was not listed for sale and is owned by New Hampshire textile mogul Martin Trust and his socialite wife Diane.
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Itâ€™s appraised by the Palm Beach County Property Appraiserâ€™s office at $40.8 million, and the yearly property-tax bill is in the $500,000-range.Sirius radio and Americaâ€™s Got Talent star Howard Stern (Splash News)

The Trusts, noted philanthropists, bought the place in 1986 for $4.6 million, according to property records.
Martin Trust did not reply to a request for comment left with his assistant, and Sternâ€™s agent has not returned calls.Current owner Martin Trust (MIT Photo)

Stern, whoâ€™s also a judge on NBCâ€™s Americaâ€™s Got Talent, signed off on the contract to buy the property after former model Ostrosky came to Palm Beach solo and in near secret to look at several mansions.
She eventually pushed for the Trustsâ€™ place.
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Itâ€™s big, 19,800 square feet under AC. And while records do not show the number of bedrooms, itâ€™s got 12 and a half bathrooms over two floors.
And the 59-year-old Stern wonâ€™t even have to go up the stairs: The home is equipped with an elevator.
And a perfectly manicured croquet lawn!
The house, meanwhile, is on a part of North County Road thatâ€™s turning out to be one of the most expensive in the world. It has traditionally been home to stuffy corporate tycoons, and is known as â€œRaidersâ€™ Row.â€
Sternâ€™s new place is two doors north from the property that Russian fertilizer king Dmitry Rybolovlev bought from Donald Trump for $95 million in 2008.
Itâ€™s directly north of billionaire Nelson Peltzâ€˜ house, which is believed to be worth in the $120 million-range.
Ironically, Peltz once created controversy by advertising his Snapple fruity drinks on Sternâ€™s show.
Now, Stern is believed to be worth $500 million!
In April, Stern confirmed on his show he was looking for a place in Florida but denied it was to escape New Yorkâ€™s high income taxes

So now the progressive elitist so concerned with the environment has a 16,000 sq ft house in the Hamptons, a 7500 sq ft apartment in NYC and a nearly 20,000 sq ft house in Florida. All for two people and four cats. Nice carbon footprint.